Electrical Inspection at Food Manufacturing Units

Use this Electrical Inspection at Food Manufacturing Units Checklist to assess wiring, equipment, and safety controls, ensuring compliance with electrical standards and uninterrupted production.

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Electrical Inspection at Food Manufacturing Units



Electrical Inspection

1. Are all employees required to report any obvious hazard to life or property in connection with electrical equipment or lines as soon as possible?


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2. Are employees instructed to make preliminary inspections and/or appropriate tests to determine conditions before starting work on electrical equipment or lines?


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3. When electrical equipment or line are to be serviced, maintained, or adjusted, are necessary switches opened, locked out or tagged whenever possible?


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4. Are portable electrical tools and equipment grounded or of the double insulated type?


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5. Do extension cords have a grounding conductor?


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6. Are multiple plug adaptors prohibited?


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7. Are ground-fault circuit (GFC) interrupters installed on each temporary 15 or 20 ampere, 120 volt alternating current (AC) circuit locations where construction, demolition, modifications, alterations, or excavations are being performed?


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8. Are all temporary circuits protected by suitable disconnecting switches or plug connectors at the junction with permanent wiring?


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9. Do you have electrical installations in hazardous dust or vapor areas? If so, do they meet National Electrical Code (NEC) for hazardous locations?


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10. Are exposed wiring and cords with frayed or deteriorated insulation repaired or replaced promptly?


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11. A flexible cords and cables free of splices or taps?


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12. Are clamps or other securing means provided on flexible cords or cables at plugs receptacles, tools, equipment, etc., and is the cord jacket securely held in place?


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13. Are all cord, cable and raceway connections intact and secure?


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14. In wet or damp locations are electrical tools and equipment appropriate for the use or locations or otherwise protected?


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15. Is the location of the electrical power lines and cables (overhead, underground, under floor, other side of walls, etc.) determined before digging, drilling or other similar work is begun?


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16. Are metal measuring tapes, ropes, hand-lines or similar devices with metallic thread woven into the fabric prohibited where they could come in contact with energized parts or equipment or circuit conductors?


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17. Is the use of metal ladders prohibited where the ladder or the person using the ladder could come in contact with energized parts or equipment, fixtures, or circuit conductors?


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18. Are all disconnecting switches and circuit breakers labelled to indicate their use or equipment served?


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19. Are all disconnecting switches and circuit breakers labelled to indicate their use or equipment served?


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20. Are disconnecting means always opened before fuses are replaced?


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21. Do all interior wiring systems include provisions for grounding metal parts of electrical raceways, equipment and enclosures?


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22. Are all electrical raceways and enclosures securely fastened in place?


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23. Are all energized parts of electrical circuits and equipment guarded against accidental contact by approved cabinets or enclosures?


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24. Is sufficient access and working space provided and maintained around all electrical equipment to permit ready and safe operations and maintenance?


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25. Are all unused openings (including conduit knockouts) in electrical enclosures and fittings closed with appropriate covers, plugs or plates?


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26. Are electrical enclosures such as switches, receptacles, junction boxes, etc., provided with tight-fitting covers, plugs or plates?


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27. Are disconnecting switches for electrical motors in excess of two horsepower able to open the circuit when the motor is stalled without exploding? Switches must be horse-power rated equal or in excess of the motor rating.


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28. Is low voltage protection provided in the control device of motors driving machines or equipment that could cause injury form inadvertent starting?


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29. Is each motor located within sight of its controller or is the controller disconnecting means able to be locked open or is a separate disconnecting means installed in the circuit within sight of the motor?


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30. Is the controller for each motor that exceeds two horsepower rated equal to or above the rating of the motor it serves?


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31. Are employees who regularly work on or around energized electrical equipment or lines instructed in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)?


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32. Are employees prohibited from working alone on energized lines or equipment over 600 volts?


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Checklist by GoAudits.com – Please note that this checklist is intended as an example. We do not guarantee compliance with the laws applicable to your territory or industry. You should seek professional advice to determine how this checklist should be adapted to your workplace or jurisdiction.

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